Black History Month Edition
Reconstruction, Black Inventors, Black Women in STEM and more
Welcome to the first edition of Black History Nuggets brought you by KultureKidz Media. We felt it appropriate to premiere our newsletter during Black History Month.
Black History Nuggets is a newsletter that highlights content that teaches kids (and adults) about black history. Most of this content can be found on our YouTube channel (Please subscribe), the KultureKidz website and KultureKidz Books.
Each newsletter will highlight content that has been packaged into a theme or unit suitable for the classroom, for homeschoolers, organizations, parents etc.
This month you can find topics on:
Reconstuction: The First Black Legislators
Black Inventors and Scientists: Part 1
Black Women in STEM: Hidden Figures
Scroll down to read more about each topic or lesson. Each lesson includes a write-up, a companion video and free downloadable activity or coloring pages.
Our goal is to deliver monthly newsletters with timely information. Our second edition will focus on Women History Month in March.
If you are looking for a specific topic or really love this format, please let us know in the comments below or email us back.
Reconstruction: The First Black Legislators
On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed an important document called the Emancipation Proclamation. This document stated that all enslaved people in the Confederate states had to be set free. It would take over two years before all the enslaved people were set free. There weren’t phones or the internet back then, so messengers traveled on h…
African American Inventors and Scientists Who Shaped the World
In this unit, you will learn about African American scientists, engineers and extraordinary people who invented items that shaped the world. Black History Nuggets is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Black Women Who Helped Launch the U.S. Space Race Program
In the late 1950s, what we know today as NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) used to be NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics). NACA hired African American women to work in the West Computing Unit. Even though the women in this unit helped with the complex math problems, they were segregated from the white workers. That mean…
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African American Trailblazers in Civil Rights
Learn about African American Trailblazers in Civil Rights who shaped the world like Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Dorothy Height, and many more.
This BOOK includes:
short, easy-to-read biographies for ages 8-11
a timeline of events
a glossary to help deepen a child’s vocabulary and comprehension
African American Trailblazers in Civil Rights Activity Book
The ACTIVITY BOOK also has over 30 activity pages which include coloring, word search, crossword puzzle, mazes, and much more.